diff --git a/UltiSnips/php.snippets b/UltiSnips/php.snippets
index 59d96a4..d129c53 100755
--- a/UltiSnips/php.snippets
+++ b/UltiSnips/php.snippets
@@ -125,11 +125,11 @@ snippet decimal "SQL decimal(10,2)" w
 endsnippet
 
 snippet text "SQL text NOT NULL" w
-'text NOT NULL DEFAULT ""',${0}
+"text NOT NULL",${0}
 endsnippet
 
 snippet varchar "SQL varchar(25)" w
-'varchar(${1:255}) NOT NULL DEFAULT ""',${0}
+"varchar(${1:255}) NOT NULL",${0}
 endsnippet
 
 snippet datetime "SQL datetime" w
diff --git a/php.json b/php.json
index 544309c..0d7b070 100644
--- a/php.json
+++ b/php.json
@@ -36,12 +36,12 @@
   },
   "text": {
     "prefix": "text",
-    "body": "'text NOT NULL DEFAULT \"\"',${0}",
+    "body": "\"text NOT NULL\",${0}",
     "description": "SQL text NOT NULL"
   },
   "varchar": {
     "prefix": "varchar",
-    "body": "'varchar(${1:255}) NOT NULL DEFAULT \"\"',${0}",
+    "body": "\"varchar(${1:255}) NOT NULL\",${0}",
     "description": "SQL varchar(25)"
   },
   "datetime": {